Berhampore Ward No 22

Demographics

The ward is home to 5775 people, among them 2832 (49%) are male and 2943 (51%) are female. 98% of the whole population are from general caste, 2% are from schedule caste and 0% are schedule tribes. Child (aged under 6 years) population of Berhampore Ward No 22 is 8%, among them 55% are boys and 45% are girls. There are 1292 households in the ward and an average 4 persons live in every family.

Growth of population

Population of the ward has decreased by -19.3% in last 10 years. In 2001 census total population here were 7160. Female population growth rate of the ward is -16.8% which is 5.1% higher than male population growth rate of -21.9%. General caste population has decreased by -17.3%; Schedule caste population has decreased by -66.4%; Schedule Tribe population has decreased by -80% and child population has decreased by -30.5% in the ward since last census.

Sex Ratio - Females per 1000 Male

As of 2011 census there are 1039 females per 1000 male in the ward. Sex ratio in general caste is 1051, in schedule caste is 484. There are 830 girls under 6 years of age per 1000 boys of the same age in the ward. Overall sex ratio in the ward has increased by 63 females per 1000 male during the years from 2001 to 2011. Child sex ratio here has decreased by 176 girls per 1000 boys during the same time.

Literacy

Total 5053 people in the ward are literate, among them 2519 are male and 2534 are female. Literacy rate (children under 6 are excluded) of Berhampore WARD NO.-0022 is 95%. 97% of male and 93% of female population are literate here. Overall literacy rate in the ward has increased by 5%. Male literacy has gone up by 4% and female literacy rate has gone up by 8%.

Workers profile

Berhampore WARD NO.-0022 has 36% (2070) population engaged in either main or marginal works. 63% male and 10% female population are working population. 61% of total male population are main (full time) workers and 2% are marginal (part time) workers. For women 7% of total female population are main and 2% are marginal workers.